"Diederik cuckoo The Diederik cuckoo (""Chrysococcyx caprius""), formerly dideric cuckoo or didric cuckoo, and sometimes called Diederik's cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners and the anis. The diederik cuckoo is a smallish cuckoo at 18 to 20 cm. Adult males are glossy green above with copper-sheened areas on the back and whitish underparts. They have a broken white eye-stripe and a short, green malar stripe. All remiges have three to four white spots on the inner vanes. The four green outer tail feathers are tipped white, and the outermost"
"long legs, strong feet, and an oversized dark bill. The tail is broad with white tips on the three outer tail feathers. The bird has a bare patch of skin behind each eye; this patch is shaded blue anterior to red posterior. The lesser roadrunner is slightly smaller, not as streaky, and has a smaller bill. Both the lesser roadrunner and the greater roadrunner leave behind very distinct ""X"" track marks appearing as if they are travelling in both directions. Roadrunners and other members of the cuckoo family have zygodactyl feet. The roadrunner can run at speeds of up to"
"illness or to boost stamina and strength. The word for roadrunner in O'odham language is ""Tadai"" or ""Taḏai"" and is still used throughout Tucson, Arizona Roadrunner The roadrunners (genus Geococcyx), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern United States and Mexico, usually in the desert. Some have been clocked at . The subfamily Neomorphinae, the New World ground cuckoos, includes 11 species of birds, while the genus ""Geococcyx"" has just two, The roadrunner generally ranges in size from from tail to"
"the cuckoo symbolises unrequited love. Cuckoos are medium-sized birds that range in size from the little bronze cuckoo, at 17 g and 15 cm (6 inches), to the channel-billed cuckoo, at 630 g (1.4 lbs) and 63 cm (25 inches). There is generally little sexual dimorphism in size, but where it exists, it can be either the male or the female that is larger. One of the most important distinguishing features of the family are the feet, which are zygodactyl, meaning that the two inner toes point forward and the two outer backward. There are two basic body forms, arboreal"
"Greater roadrunner The greater roadrunner (""Geococcyx californianus"") is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, from Southwestern United States and Mexico. The Latin name means ""Californian earth-cuckoo"". Along with the lesser roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus ""Geococcyx"". This roadrunner is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer. The roadrunner is about long, has a wingspan and weighs . It stands around tall and is the largest cuckoo of the Americas. Roadrunners have four toes on each zygodactyl foot; two face forward, and two face backward. The toes are brown"
"Roadrunner The roadrunners (genus Geococcyx), also known as chaparral birds or chaparral cocks, are two species of fast-running ground cuckoos with long tails and crests. They are found in the southwestern United States and Mexico, usually in the desert. Some have been clocked at . The subfamily Neomorphinae, the New World ground cuckoos, includes 11 species of birds, while the genus ""Geococcyx"" has just two, The roadrunner generally ranges in size from from tail to beak. The average weight is about . The roadrunner is a large, slender, black-brown and white-streaked ground bird with a distinctive head crest. It has"
"of New Mexico. Greater roadrunner The greater roadrunner (""Geococcyx californianus"") is a long-legged bird in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, from Southwestern United States and Mexico. The Latin name means ""Californian earth-cuckoo"". Along with the lesser roadrunner, it is one of two species in the roadrunner genus ""Geococcyx"". This roadrunner is also known as the chaparral cock, ground cuckoo, and snake killer. The roadrunner is about long, has a wingspan and weighs . It stands around tall and is the largest cuckoo of the Americas. Roadrunners have four toes on each zygodactyl foot; two face forward, and two face backward. The"
"used mainly for species from South Asia and its surroundings to prevent confusion with the many ""leaf-toed"" Gekkota not in ""Hemidactylus"". Some members of the genus, such as ""H. platyurus"", are able to run quadrupedally across water by a partially surface tension-dependent mechanism distinct from the bipedal gait of basilisks. The following phylogeny is from Pyron, et al. (2013), and includes 47 ""Hemidactylus"" species. ""Hemidactylus"" is a sister group of ""Cyrtodactylus"". Hemidactylus Hemidactylus (the house geckos) is a genus of the common gecko family, Gekkonidae. It has about 90 described species, newfound ones being described every few years. These geckos"
"quadrupedal and move using gaits with alternating movement of the right and left limbs with substantial body bending. This body bending prevents significant respiration during movement, limiting their endurance, in a mechanism called Carrier's constraint. Several species can run bipedally, and a few can prop themselves up on their hindlimbs and tail while stationary. Several small species such as those in the genus ""Draco"" can glide: some can attain a distance of , losing in height. Some species, like geckos and chameleons, adhere to vertical surfaces including glass and ceilings. Some species, like the common basilisk, can run across water."
"large cuckoos are rather terrestrial (i.e. roadrunners or the genus ""Neomorphus""), the channel-billed cuckoo is fairly arboreal and is capable both in trees and on the ground. The channel-billed cuckoo is a strong flier, with a distinctive, almost hawk-like cruciform flight silhouette. In flight the wingspan is around 1 m, with the wings held stiffly. There is some sexual dimorphism in both plumage and dimensions, the female having a smaller bill and paler, more barred undersides. The juvenile is similar to the adult but has pale tips to the feathers of the wings, and the rest of the plumage is"
"greater roadrunner is the state bird of the US state of New Mexico and is a common symbol of the American Southwest in general. ""Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner"" was a long running series of cartoons by Warner Brothers Studios that has had enduring popularity from the time the characters were created in 1949 through the present and helps define the image of the bird in popular culture. Cuckoo The cuckoos are a family of birds, Cuculidae, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes. The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals"
"Peregrine falcon The peregrine falcon (""Falco peregrinus""), also known as the peregrine, and historically as the duck hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey (raptor) in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-grey back, barred white underparts, and a black head. As is typical of bird-eating raptors, peregrine falcons are sexually dimorphic, with females being considerably larger than males. The peregrine is renowned for its speed, reaching over during its characteristic hunting stoop (high-speed dive), making it the fastest member of the animal kingdom. According to a ""National Geographic"" TV programme, the highest"
"notable for its ability to leap into the air, loop its body into a rotating wheel and roll along the sand at a high speed using wind to propel itself. If the wind is strong enough, the larva can cover up to in this manner. This remarkable ability may have evolved to help the larva escape predators such as the thynnid wasp ""Methocha"". Members of the largest subfamily of cuckoo wasps, Chrysidinae, are generally kleptoparasites, laying their eggs in host nests, where their larvae consume the host egg or larva while it is still young. Chrysidines are distinguished from the"
"(""Turdoides gymnogenys""), the Hartlaub's babbler (""Turdoides hartlaubii"") or the arrow-marked babbler (""Turdoides jardineii""). Both the male and female cuckoo fly around acrobatically to distract the host birds. The male continues the distraction while the female lays the egg. Unlike many other species of cuckoo, the newly-hatched cuckoo chick does not push the other eggs and nestlings out of the nest. It leaves the nest after about ten days and becomes independent in four to six weeks. Levaillant's cuckoo Levaillant's cuckoo, ""Clamator levaillantii"" is a cuckoo which is a resident breeding species in Africa south of the Sahara. It is found"
"Indian cuckoo The Indian cuckoo (""Cuculus micropterus"") is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It ranges from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird, found in forests and open woodland at up to 3,600 m. This is a medium-sized cuckoo with both sexes alike. It has grey upperparts while the underside has broad black barring. The tail is barred with a broad subterminal dark band and a white tip. Young"
"the same taxonomic family (Macropodidae) and often the same genera, but kangaroos are specifically categorised into the six largest species of the family. The term wallaby is an informal designation generally used for any macropod that is smaller than a kangaroo or wallaroo that has not been designated otherwise. Kangaroos are the only large animals to use hopping as a means of locomotion. The comfortable hopping speed for a red kangaroo is about , but speeds of up to can be attained over short distances, while it can sustain a speed of for nearly . This fast and energy-efficient method"
"raising their heads above the level of the grass or rocks to see what is around them. They can slither up to 15 mph. Six subspecies of ""Masticophis flagellum"" are recognized as being valid, including the nominotypical subspecies. ""Nota bene"": A trinomial authority in parentheses indicates that the subspecies was originally described in a genus other than ""Masticophis"". The subspecific name, ""ruddocki"", is in honor of Dr. John C. Ruddock who was Medical Director for the Richfield Oil Corporation. The primary myth concerning coachwhips, that they chase people, likely arises from the snake and the person both being frightened, and"
"to its wintering grounds in Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, a feat described as ""perhaps the most remarkable overwater migration of any land bird."" The yellow-billed cuckoo and black-billed cuckoo breed in North America and fly across the Caribbean Sea, a non-stop flight of 4000 km. Other long migration flights include the lesser cuckoo, which flies from Africa to India, and the common cuckoo of Europe, which flies non-stop over the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert on the voyage between Europe and central Africa. Within Africa, ten species make regular intra-continental migrations that are described as polarised; that is, they spend"
"song is a whistled ""wheep wheep wheep wheep"". The squirrel cuckoo is found in woodland canopy and edges, second growth, hedges and semi-open habitats from sea level to as high as , although it is uncommon above . This species’ English name derives from its habit of running along branches and leaping from branch to branch like a squirrel. It normally flies only short distances, mainly gliding with an occasional flap. It feeds on large insects such as cicadas, wasps and caterpillars (including those with stinging hairs or spines), and occasionally spiders and small lizards, rarely taking fruit. Its static"
"is estimated to be trending downward. It is expected to decline less than 25% over the next 13 years. It is a restless and solitary bird that spends a majority of its time running along the ground. Rufous-winged ground cuckoo The rufous-winged ground cuckoo (""Neomorphus rufipennis"") is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in humid primary forests in northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia. At in length, it is the largest South American cuckoo together with the other members of the genus ""Neomorphus"". It was named in 1849. The adults are about in length. They"
"running. The top speed is very hard to measure accurately and varies between individuals; it can run 35 mph for 4 mi (56 km/h for 6 km), 42 mph for 1 mi (67 km/h for 1.6 km), and 55 mph for 0.5 mi (88.5 km/h for 0.8 km). It is often cited as the second-fastest land animal, second only to the cheetah. It can, however, sustain high speeds longer than cheetahs. University of Idaho zoologist John Byers has suggested the pronghorn evolved its running ability to escape from extinct predators such as the American cheetah, since its speed greatly exceeds"
"couas are approximately 62 cm in length (nearly double the size of ""Coua coquereli"") and have a blue patch around their eyes, characteristic of the coua genus and similar to African turacos (Chouteau 2006A). As a member of the cuckoo family, they have a reversible third toe and resemble coucals in their method of scrambling through plant tangles for food. Observations indicate that they can climb 10 meters high from the ground(Chouteau 2006A). ""C. gigas"" subsist on seeds (""Capurodendron madagascariensis"" and ""Buxus madagascariensis""), insects and some small vertebrates such as chameleons (""Furcifer"" sp.) (Chouteau 2006A). This species of bird is"
"tipped with black. The adult female has coppery-green upper parts, rusty brown crown and nape and green-barred underparts. Both sexes show a white band on the underwing when in flight. The underparts of the juvenile male lack the white lower breast and are more heavily barred. The voice is a “chweek” uttered while flying, and various whistled twitters. This cuckoo has a breeding range that extends from the Himalayas eastwards to Myanmar, China and northern Thailand. Further south it is a vagrant or migrant in northern India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Sumatra; it is not known to breed in these"
"lost soon after. Indian cuckoo The Indian cuckoo (""Cuculus micropterus"") is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It ranges from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird, found in forests and open woodland at up to 3,600 m. This is a medium-sized cuckoo with both sexes alike. It has grey upperparts while the underside has broad black barring. The tail is barred with a broad subterminal dark band and a"
"run fast. Some (e.g. klipspringer) are also adapted to inhabiting rock koppies and crags. Both dibatags and gerenuks habitually stand on their two hind legs to reach acacia and other tree foliage. Different antelope have different body types, which can affect movement. Duikers are short, bush-dwelling antelope that can pick through dense foliage and dive into the shadows rapidly. Gazelles and springbok are known for their speed and leaping abilities. Even larger antelope, such as nilgai, elands, and kudus, are capable of jumping or greater, although their running speed is restricted by their greater mass. Antelope have a wide variety"
"subadult specimen estimated as weighing when alive produced a model that could run or hop bipedally, use a trot, pace, or single foot symmetric quadrupedal gait, or move at a gallop. The researchers found to their surprise that the fastest gait was kangaroo-like hopping (maximum simulated speed of ), which they regarded as unlikely based on the size of the animal and lack of hopping footprints in the fossil record, and instead interpreted the result as indicative of an inaccuracy in their simulation. The fastest non-hopping gaits were galloping (maximum simulated speed of ) and running bipedally (maximum simulated speed"
"a push to roll some distance, until by doing this multiple times it could get far enough away from the lions to be safe. Moving like this would allow a pangolin to cover distance while still remaining in a protective armoured ball. Moroccan flic-flac spider The fastest terrestrial animal is the cheetah, which can attain maximal sprint speeds of approximately 104 km/h (64 mph). The fastest running lizard is the black iguana, which has been recorded moving at speed of up to 34.9 km/h (21.7 mph). Terrestrial locomotion Terrestrial locomotion has evolved as animals adapted from aquatic to terrestrial environments."
"wahoo and the yellowfin tuna, which can each attain speeds of . Jordan, Evermann and Clark (1930) divide these fishes into the four families: Cybiidae, Katsuwonidae, Scombridae, and Thunnidae, but taxonomists later classified them all into a single family, the Scombridae. The World Wildlife Fund and the Zoological Society of London jointly issued their ""Living Blue Planet Report"" on 16 September 2015 which states that a dramatic fall of 74% occurred in worldwide stocks of scombridae fish between 1970 and 2010, and the global overall ""population sizes of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish fell by half on average in"
"of year, fallow deer are relatively ungrouped compared to the rest of the year, when they try to stay together in groups of up to 150. Agile and fast in case of danger, fallow deer can run at a maximum speed of 30 mph (48 km/h) over short distances. Being naturally less muscular than other cervids such as roe deer, they are not as fast. Fallow deer can also make jumps up to 1.75 m (5.8 ft) high and up to 5 m (17 ft) in length. The fallow deer is a Eurasian deer that was a native to most"
"crescendo before ending abruptly and repeat after a few minutes; the calling may go on through the day, well after dusk and before dawn. The common hawk-cuckoo is a medium- to large-sized cuckoo, about the size of a pigeon (ca. 34 cm). The plumage is ashy grey above; whitish below, cross-barred with brown. The tail is broadly barred. The sexes are alike. They have a distinctive yellow eye ring. Subadults have the breast streaked, similar to the immature shikra, and there are large brown chevron marks on the belly. At first glance they can be mistaken for a hawk. When"
"Chestnut-winged cuckoo The chestnut-winged cuckoo or red-winged crested cuckoo (""Clamator coromandus"") is a cuckoo found in Southeast Asia and parts of South Asia. It has dark glossy upperparts, a black head with long crest chestnut wings, a long graduated glossy black tail, rufous throat dusky underside and a narrow white nuchal half collar. They breed along the Himalayas and migrate south in winter to Sri Lanka, southern India and tropical Southeast Asia including parts of Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. It is about 47 cm long. This dark and crested cuckoo has chestnut wings, a glossy black crest and a"
"Plaintive cuckoo The plaintive cuckoo (""Cacomantis merulinus"") is a species of bird belonging to the genus ""Cacomantis"" in the cuckoo family Cuculidae. It is native to Asia, from India and China to Indonesia. It is a fairly small cuckoo, 21-23.5 centimetres long. The adult male is grey-brown above and orange below with a grey head, throat and upper breast. There are white tips to the tail feathers. The legs and feet are yellow, the eye is red and the bill is black above and yellow below. The adult female is sometimes similar to the male but often occurs in a"
"species (like the common cuckoo) which are slender and have short tarsi, and terrestrial species (like the roadrunners) which are more heavy set and have long tarsi. Almost all species have long tails which are used for steering in terrestrial species and as a rudder during flight in the arboreal species. The wing shape also varies with lifestyle, with the more migratory species like the black-billed cuckoo possessing long narrow wings capable of strong direct flight, and the more terrestrial and sedentary cuckoos like the coucals and malkohas having shorter rounded wings and a more laboured gliding flight. The subfamily"